Let’s listen to Garth Brooks song about “friends in low places,” and dedicate it to the “friends” hovering around Washington, D.C.

What we have is a very sad collection of cabinet members, appointed officials, and some elected representatives who are keeping their hands in the cookie jar of our integrity. When caught, they smile like the Cheshire Cat and offer their carefully-honed denials.

Unfortunately, their gambit of illegal acts is so prolific that they are draining the pool of attorneys willing to represent them. The home plate of our democratic idealism has become a swamp of shattered idealism, dashed hopes and broken promises. We have them to thank.

Perhaps the greatest danger of their moral ineptitude is the possibility of our willingness to accept it. Some may listen to commentators who try to sweep away their misdeeds, or hood-wink us into believing it’s okay, no big deal. At risk is what Reagan described as our City on a Hill. America is being trounced, trumped and morphed into a self-serving, tragically flawed, democracy.

In Matthew 21:12, we are told what Jesus did to the money-lenders in the Temple. Now we too have foxes in the henhouse. Will we be cowed by them, belittled by their ill-begotten gains and hubris or perhaps flattered into believing we are on their A Team? What is our measure against them?

We can pay close attention, rise-up in righteous indignation, and when the time comes, lock their lot out.

All of us have a sacred trust for the safe keeping of the United States of America. Some serve, and to them goes the greatest glory. All of us must seek the truth, stay vigilant, informed and be a powerhouse in the voting booth. The survival of our nation depends on us and nothing less.

Humans of Greenville

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Recent Daily Reflector editorials and comments in the Public Forum have raised my eyebrows and my concerns about the sustainability of the human race. How can we continue if we are our greatest enemy? Every person I know has, and is entitled to, a unique perspective and personal opinion. Our…

In 1986, internationally-renowned singer Janet Jackson made the inspirational song, “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” Elected officials should actualize the meaning of that song. Oftentimes, elected officials make shallow promises, kiss babies, and hypocritically “press the…

Consider the following Republican presidents: Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. Each a two-term, or twice-elected president; each a more disastrous presidency than its predecessor on the list (Nixon posing a threat to the Constitution via Watergate, Reagan posing a greater threat…

Orange County District Court Judge Beverly Scarlett recently compared Silent Sam to Hitler and, by extension, the human suffering of slaves to that of the Holocaust. Based upon her remarks, it is not clear how well Judge Scarlett knew Sam or Adolf Hitler.

Statistically speaking, Sam had not…

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Is it any wonder that the attendance is dropping in the NFL when you can only pay the head man, Roger Godell, $40 million a year and have as many as five commentators sitting around a table in their $500-plus suits as they blurt out that which you and I are looking at? Not to mention another two…

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With regard to the letter to the editor from David French concerning illegal immigration, I would respectfully ask Mr. French to do more research before citing any more misinformation. According to the Cato Institute and other sources, “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration” (2017)…

With mid-terms behind us, the next Greenville election is for 2019 mayor and City Council. For six months following the 2017 election, I made no public statements and granted no interviews, preferring instead to observe actions of the new mayor and council.

Folk ask if I’ll run and perhaps…

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